This series uses edited excerpts from Naomi Klein's influential book Shock Doctrine. I had the pleasure to see her speak in San Fancisco. Naomi Klein Speaks in SF - September 26, 2007.Along with Kinzer’s book Overthrow [Overthrow Series], they expose a clear pattern of opportunistic capitalism

Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein, 2007, Edited Excerpts

An economic system that requires constant growth generates a steady stream of disasters all on its own, whether military, ecological, or financial. The truth is at once less sinister and more dangerous. Once you accept that profit and greed as practiced on a mass scale create the greatest possible benefits for any society, pretty much any act of personal enrichment can be justified as a contribution to the great creative cauldron of capitalism, generating wealth and spurring economic growth – even if it’s only for yourself and your colleagues.

Disaster Capitalism

Kubark Shock Therapy Manual

IMF and the World Bank 

Iraq

Kubark Shock Therapy Manual Applied in Iraq

Iraq Shock and Awe

Privatizing Iraq

Ideological Blowback

Missed Opportunity

Natural Disaster Capitalism

Chile

The Chile Project, the Chicago Boyz and the Ford Foundation

Pinochet and The Brick

Argentina

Operation Corporate - The Falkland War

Argentina

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